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Plot Synopsis: Two Sisters and a Piano

No es fácil: Cuba's Plunge into the Special Period

The Power of Imagination: A Q&A with Playwright Nilo Cruz

Plot Synopsis: As You Like It

Iconic & Familiar: Setting As You Like It in 1920s Chicago

From Shakespeare to Shaina: As You Like It's Incredible Journey of Adaptation

Timeline: The Lives and Times of Rachmaninoff and Nicholas II

Discussion Questions: Dhaba on Devon Avenue

True Tickets and Writers Theatre Launch Chicago’s First Digital Ticketing Partnership

From Our Kitchen to Yours: Recipes from Dhaba on Devon Avenue

Plot Synopsis: Dhaba on Devon Avenue

Detail of a Map of the British Empire from the India and Colonial Exhibition in London, 1886.

A Timeline of Indian and Devon Avenue History

A photo of playwright Madhuri Shekar

Keeping Things Honest: A Q&A with Playwright Madhuri Shekar

A refugee special train at Ambala Station during the Partition of India

Refugees at Midnight: Sindhi Hindus and the Partition of India

Home Stretch: A History of Chicago's Devon Avenue

Writers Theatre Announces Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Artistic Director Title

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A Timeline of Irish History

A map of County Donegal from the 1830s

A Pivotal Moment: Ireland in the 1830s

A headshot of Brian Friel

Brian Friel: A Profile

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Plot Synopsis: Frida...A Self Portrait

A Timeline of Frida Kahlo’s Life and Legacy

Every Brilliant Thing

Discussion Questions: Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

A Life of Its Own: The Incredible Journey of Every Brilliant Thing

In 19th Century Russia...: The World of Great Comet

Great Comet

War and Peace and Comets and Accordions and Electronic Beats: The Making of a Musical

Discussion Questions: The Hot Wing King

A Brief History of the Hot Wing

Katori Hall’s Meteoric Rise

Discussion Questions: The Band's Visit

Where Things Stood: A Timeline of Egyptian-Israeli Relations Leading Up to 1996

The Band’s Visit: From Movie to Musical

In Conversation: Sarah Ruhl

Discussion Questions: Eurydice

Orpheus, Eurydice, and the Question of Why

Discussion Questions: A Distinct Society

Green Lantern: A Legacy That Endures

The Tastes and Sounds of Home: Persian Cuisine and Language in A Distinct Society

Quebec: A Distinct Society?

The Library & The Law

Charles Dickens: The Founder of the Feast

Company photo of Manual Cinema

Manual Cinema: Beyond All Projections

Collective Assembly: How Participation is Good for You